It is a tried and tested system for 43-year-old Manoel, who has two older children, aged 11 and 13, who also used the same method of transport when they were little.

Manoel has been unable to walk unaided since suffering from infantile paralysis (polio) when he was four years old.

But that has not stopped him from living life to the fullest and he was overwhelmed when a video of him walking with his daughter was uploaded online and he was flooded with comments of praise and respect.

The pair were filmed while out having a walk in a shopping centre in the Rio Branco municipality, in the north-west Brazilian state of Acre.

He said: ‘I was surprised at the reaction because I have always carried my kids like this, letting them stand on the crutch, it’s a habit. I started using crutches when I was a ten-year-old so I don’t even really think about them anymore.

‘I have a paralyzed leg but I can move the other a bit. Whenever my daughter is tired, she gets on the crutch and joins me. People look up to see us and yes they sometimes ask to take pictures and videos which I don’t mind agreeing to.’

He added: ‘No matter where you carry the children, if it is in your arms, on your back or with your legs, the important thing is to load them on to your heart, to protect them and give them love and affection.’